The term seven hills of Seattle refers unofficially to the

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the U.S. city was built on and around, though there is no consensus on exactly which hills it refers to. The term has been used to refer to several other cities, most notably

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and

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The seven hills

Walt Crowley considered the main candidates for the seven hills to be:Crowley 2003 * First Hill, nicknamed "Pill Hill" because of the many hospitals and clinics located there * Yesler Hill – presently Yesler Terrace * Cherry Hill — located to the east of First Hill (previously called Second Hill or Renton Hill – both these names have passed out of common usage) * Denny Hill – regraded, now called the

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* Capitol Hill * Queen Anne Hill * Beacon Hill The hills above were associated with seven boulders in the City of Seattle's Seven Hills Park. Other hills people sometimes consider among the "seven hills of Seattle" include: *

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– originally incorporated as a separate city, and not annexed by Seattle until 1907Wilma 2005 *

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* Graham Hill * Crown Hill – not annexed until 1954 *

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Geology

Seattle's topography is due largely to

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glaciation. Nearly all of the city's seven hills are characterized as

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(Beacon Hill, First Hill, Capitol Hill, Queen Anne Hill, Mount Baker) or drift uplands (Magnolia, West Seattle).

"Seven Hills of Seattle" annual walk

The Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association (

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) sponsors an annual "Seven Hills of Seattle" walk. Seattle's sister city, Bergen, Norway, is known as the City of Seven Mountains.

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(Central Washington University Department of Geological Sciences). Uploaded March 2, 2015 by Hugefloods.com (Nick Zentner and Tom Foster: Discover the Ice Age Floods). *{{citation, last1=Troost , first1=Kathy Goetz, last2=Booth, first2=Derek B. , title=Geography of Seattle and the Seattle area, Washington , year=2008, publisher=Geological Society of America , doi=10.1130/2008.4020(01), url=https://books.google.com/books?id=neA6HWzDUVQC&pg=PA1, isbn=9780813741208 Landforms of Seattle Hills of Washington (state) Landforms of King County, Washington Moraines of the United States

The seven hills

Geology

"Seven Hills of Seattle" annual walk

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